Cook County Opinion
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Village law wasn't just response to disputeOct 07, 2015 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village desires to clear-up several items of information published in your Oct. 1 editorial, "Must every dispute require a law?" We agree that small-time disag...
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Old news repeating itself in mass shootingsOct 06, 2015 1:00 am - Another school shooting - this time at a community college in Oregon. If the assailant had thrown a stick of dynamite into a classroom, the public would be outraged abo...
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The irony of setting law by Supreme CourtOct 06, 2015 1:00 am - For the last several weeks, I have followed the many opinion letters submitted regarding Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses t...
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Editorial: U-46's 'canary' experience reveals health preparedness gapOct 05, 2015 11:00 pm - There are some things to take comfort in regarding the three-day Legionella scare at Elgin Area School District U-46. One is that people under 20 years old rarely cont...
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Feeling run over by new Tripp bus planOct 05, 2015 5:00 am - It seems safe to say that families living near Tripp Elementary School in Buffalo Grove are being "thrown under the bus" with a recent decision by the District 102 Board...
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Good neighbors are everywhere he turnsOct 05, 2015 5:00 am - My wife and I are senior citizens in our late eighties and live on North Wilshire Lane a few houses south of Berbecker Park on Miner Street in Arlington Heights. Every m...
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Problem is puppy mills, not pet storesOct 05, 2015 5:00 am - This is in response to Mark Rosenblatt's letter on Sept. 29 about pet stores and puppy mills. He said people shouldn't assume all pet stores are puppy mills. It is not t...
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Time to wake up to global warmingOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - It was heartbreaking to see a picture of a polar bear so thin that his bones were visible while he was trying to walk on a very thin piece of ice, looking for food. When...
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Nothing shaken up in Springfield yetOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - When campaigning, Mr. Rauner (and his wife) kept saying he was going to "shake things up." We are now 20 percent done with his term as governor and what do we have to ...
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Writer off base about Cubs' EpsteinOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - I have to completely disagree with the recent letter by Brian DeValle criticizing the moves of Cub Team President Theo Epstein. Is he kidding? He criticized Theo for hol...